Young children remove teeth from the slaughtered whale following the hunt

“We recorded children attempting to remove the teeth of several whales with nothing more than a pocket knife as well as removing slices of what appeared to be a tumour on one whale,” the volunteer said.

Fox News reported the island's government said 1,700 pilot whales and white-sided dolphins (including the aforementioned hunts) have been caught in the Faroe Islands so far this year.

Thrashing around, the terrified dolphins have no chance as they are driven into the shallow water

When whales are spotted during their migration, fisherman will head out in boats and surround the herd in a massive convoy driving them to shore at one of 19 designated killing zones.

The "Grindadrap", the Faroese term for whale killing, happens several times a year.

The government defended the bloody practice, telling Fox News: "Sea Shepherd representatives will go to any lengths to paint a negative picture of the Faroese whale hunt as barbaric and evil with the aim of inciting anger and outrage against the people of the Faroe Islands.